mrbtc
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Comment · 7 years ago
Thanks for your reply.
Comment · 7 years ago
Thanks, good to know. Hopefully its just that and a moderator can check in at some point.
Comment · 7 years ago
OP here.
This post quickly made the front page of HN, but after just a few hours, has now disappeared and doesn't appear anywhere when you page through hundreds of top stories.
Could this be censorship requested by investors, related to YCombinator? Does this sometimes happen?
https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/impossible-foods#sec...
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-impossible-foods-fundrais...
Comment · 7 years ago
Related story: https://www.momsacrossamerica.com/gmo_impossible_burger_posi...
> The levels of glyphosate detected in the Impossible burger by Health Research Institute Laboratories were 11 X higher than the Beyond Meat Burger. The total result (glyphosate and it’s break down AMPA) was 11.3 ppb. Moms Across America also tested the Beyond Meat Burger and the results were 1 ppb.
> “We are shocked to find that the Impossible Burger can have up to 11X higher levels of glyphosate residues than the Beyond Meat Burger according to these samples tested. This new product is being marketed as a solution for “healthy” eating, when in fact 11 ppb of glyphosate herbicide consumption can be highly dangerous. Only 0.1 ppb of glyphosate has been shown to alter the gene function of over 4000 genes in the livers, kidneys and cause severe organ damage in rats
Question(s): Is the lab result significant or not? Is it fairly common for other veggie products in the US to show similar levels? What is the safe level according to the FDA?